ITU-D Study Group 1 Rapporteur Group meetings

ITU-D Study Group 1 Rapporteur Groups met in Geneva from 9 to 18 January 2017. The scope of Study Group 1 on "Enabling environment for the development of telecommunications/ICTs" is:

National telecommunication/ICT policy, regulatory, technical and strategy development which best enables countries to benefit from the impetus of telecommunications/ICTs, including broadband, cloud computing and consumer protection, as an engine for sustainable growth;

economic policies and methods of determining costs of services related to national telecommunications/ICTs;

access to telecommunications/ICTs for rural and remote areas;

access to telecommunications/ICTs services by persons with disabilities and specific needs;

the needs of developing countries in spectrum management, including the ongoing transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting and the use of the digital dividend, in addition to any future digital switchover.

Each meeting the Rapporteur Group considered one of the following questions:

Question 1/1: Policy, regulatory and technical aspects of the migration from existing networks to broadband networks in developing countries, including next-generation networks, m-services, OTT services and the implementation of IPv6.

For more information on these questions and meetings documentation visit ITU website.

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